Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-31
DAILY HERALD.
GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
Plans Delayed Until q Larger Ap'
prOpriatiOn IL Obtained.

GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
Plans Delayed Until n Larger AP.
preparation IL Obtained.
Some time since Secretary Law
renco, of the Board OF Trade, sent the
following letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury;
Los ANGELES BOARD OF TRADE,
Los ANGELES, Cal, December 10, 1851
Hon. C. S. Fairchild Secretary Of the Treas
urr. Washington, D. c.
DEAR SIR am directed by the directors
Of this Board, to forward to you the enclosed
resolutions, passed at their regular monthly
meeting December 9th.
In c. ling your attention to the subject
matter, have to say that we are deeply in
terested in the proposed government build
ing, and are expressing in our resolutions
NOT alone our sentiments as the representa-.
tive Of the mercantile interests of this city,
hut cur people at large, i'll saying that we
desire 1t should not only be an orneme MT to
our city, but in every respect credit to the
gOyernment.
The app opriation made as the resolutions
state, after deducting the amount used in
the purchase of the land, will leave net only
S12l, 500 to construct the building in the
most rapidly growing and prosperous city
of this country, and is so manifeetly insult
ficient that 1t is cur deliberate Judgment,
based on &C ual knowledge of the situation,
that q building erected to cost only $121.-
500 would in five years time be inadequate
10 meet the demands of the government SER
vice here.
Our resolutions were passed only with the
desire 10 impress upon the Department the
importance of not going ahead with the
fixed idea that a building to cost the sum
We have mentioned would suffice: aud in
adopting them. we did so from an aprre-
hension (possibly unfoundedl, that the De-
partment was now preparing its plans for
Me building which once made, approved
and adopted, would or could not be
changed, however essential and necessary
n might be to do so in the future.
We propose to memorialize Congress, dur
ing the preient session. for an increase sufh-
c1ent to make the amount set apart for con-
ntructjon purposes, net $3OO,0OO %; ana
yhie this Board does not by thes, resou-
tons intend to change the decision the
Department has formed upon this subject,
wedesire very much that it give our resolu-
dons attentive consideration; and If the
plans could be modified or arranged to en-
body our suggestion, we very confidently
believe the Government will be greatly the
&ainer, and our entire community more
thoroughly satisfied.
Wewould esteem it a great favor if your
Department will furnish this Board with
its opinions upon the suggestions we have
made. Very respectfully, yours.
{Signed) A. N. LAWRENCE.
secretary,
To this letter Mr.. Lawrence received
the following reply:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF THE SEcRErARY,f
WASHINGTON, d. c., bee. 23, 1887.
NJ. A. N. La,crence Secretary Board ST Trade,
Eos Angeles, CAL:
SIn:-Your letter of 10th inst, enclosing
resolutions of the Board of Trade i'll refer
euce to increasing the appropriation for the
gOvcrnment building at Los Angeles, Cal,
IL hereby acknowledged.
In response have to say that the sketch
plans for the building, on the basis of one
hundred and twenty-one thousand and five
hundred dollars t$i21, 500 have already
been approved, and the supervising arehi-
test has commenced the working drawings.
INT, considering that the money available
= really not sufficient to erect building
that will acc0 umodate all the public Off
eers located in Your city, shall consent to
delay the further progress OF the building
until your honorable body has had an OPP
Portunity to be heard before Congress in
reference to an additional appropriation.
It should not be forgotten that, in petition
ing for additional money, the bill sh uld
BE 80 amended as to reduce the fire limit
nom forty to twenty feet
The building as now contemplated is OF q
very pleasing design; but of course it would
be bad policy on the part of the govern
nent, rs you correctly state, to erect build
ing that would be entirely Inadequate to its
needs in four or five ye ars.
fSigued) Respectfully yours,
G.. s, FAIRCUILp. Secretary